:: the first day of christmas

everyone knows the christmas song "the twelve days of christmas". it's been recorded by countless people, sung endlessly during this season, and even recreated for laughs when i was in high school (one of the good memories from high school).  but did you know that every year people add up the cost of the gifts found in that song and use it as an economical barometer, in jest of course.

so, here on the americanized first day of christmas, i give you this gift ::

a partridge in a pair tree.